Hair curler



G, G. CONDON HAIR CURLER Filed Feb. 16, 1924 INVENTOR. @erfrme 6: 60/10/00 A TTORNE Y Patented @ct. 28, 1924.

GERTRUDE G. CONDQN, 0E OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

HAIR CURLER.

Application filled February 16, 1924. Serial 110.393.262.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnnruunn G. CONDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in H air Curlers, 01"- which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to hair curlers, and has for its principal object to overcome certain faults that invariably exist in every similar type of hair curler heretofore devised that I am aware of. Briefly, the chief faults are that they will not curl the extreme end of the hair, and will not marcel and curl in the same operatioi'i.

Other important objects of the invention are; that the curler is adapted to engage the very tip ends of the hair, whether it is a small amount or a large amount and hold the same securely; that the curler is adapted to form a tight as well as a loose curl; that the hair'may be curled and marcelled in one operation; that the holding means is positive and compact; that the curler can be removed from the hair without unwinding by simply disengaging the holding means and slipping the jaws thereof out of the hair laterally; that the curler will grip and curl the short hairs on the back of the head at the neck, thus making it possible to curl the heretofore straight fringe or": hair thereat, as the use of a hot curling iron contacts the skin with painful eiiects.

Other advantages and improvements in the present device will readily appear from the following description of the accompanying sheet of drawings.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device unlocked; Fig. 2 is a similar view but showing the device locked; Fig. 3 is a view in perspective, showing the manner of handling the curler when about to use the same; Fig. 4c is a similar view showing the hair engaged as the first step in applying the device; Fig. is a view of the device with the hair engaged therein, to produce a curl on the ends of the hair, and 6 is a side view of the pro duced curl, showing to advantage the tight curl at the end thereof; Fig. 7 is a view of the hair engaged by the curler in a manner to produce a so called Marcel wave; Fig. 8 is a cross-section on the line 88 of Fig. 7 showing the tip ends of the hair engaged between the jaws and the balance of the out of position between the bars.

hair engaged thereabout; and Fig. 9 is a view showing the combined Marcel wave and end curl produced by the engagement shown in Fig. 7

Referring to the drawings in detail: the letter A represents the frame member oi the device which I prefer to make from wire, although it maybe punched from sheet metal, and is: so formed as to provide side bars represented by the numerals 6 and 7. and end bars by 8 and9. The side bars are of a suitable length and extend parallel to one another and merge into the end bars. he latter bars may be so bent or otherwise formed,as to leave shoulders 10 at the four corners of theframe.

These shoulders or their equivalent are important, since they provide an abutment or stop for the sliding lock ring 11 of the device. This ring 11 is made to straddle and slide freely on the side bars for the entire length thereof. 7

Sharply looped around or otherwise pivoted to the end bar 9 is a pair of jaws 12. adapted to be freely moved in a vertical plane between the side bars 6 and 7. The

aws normally diverge somewhat. sothat when Free of the locking rig 11,t-hey will spring apart for a portion of their length. The jaws for this purpose are preferably made of flat spring metal, to effect a tight grip or normal pinching engagement with the hair in the undivergent port-ion, so as to firmly hold the same.

The shoulders 10 at the end bars 8 and 9 serve as stops for the ring 11, but those on the end bar 9 also prevent the jaws 12 from moving out of alignmentin the said vertical plane.

Thus, the three-point contact of the indented end, guides the jaws freely into and it the opposite end, I prefer to join th wire ends by spot'welding in order to present a continuous union of metal.

In using the device, the hair 13 to be curled is first introduced between the open jaws as shown in Fig. 3, and when the hair has been thus arranged as shown in Fig. 4 and properly gripped by the jaws the necessary turning action may be imparted to the jaws to wind the hair thereon. The aws in this particular case (Fig. 4) may be turned in either direction to obtain the desired kind of curl.

In Fig. 5, the j aw have been turned inwardly toward the-head, to wind, so to-speak, the hair upon it to produce a curl at the hair ends as shown in Fig. 6; whereas in Fig. 7, the hair 14: has first been pinched as in Fig. a, then given an inward turn, then twisted or roped, and finally wrapped around the jaws. This manipulation will simultaneously produce a Marcel wave in the body of the hair, and curl at the end of the hair as shown in Fig. 9.

So far as the manner of use is concerned, my device does not materially distinguish from well known devices of the'kind, but the particular combination of the frame, jaws and locking ring, enables me to accomplish results that these-ether devices can not possibly'realize. I have found in practice that by making the locking ring'free to slide sub' stantially the entire length of the side bars, that I can am the ring tightly against the engaged hair and positively lock the hair on and in the jaws, and also securely lock the jaws in the frame. This is'a desirable feature not found in other curlers of this type, consequently they employ other means to grip or lock the end only of the winding member. In such curlers, hair can not be securely gripped, especially when thin strands of hair are to be engaged and curled, and the extreme ends of the hair can not be gripped at all. Then again, the winding member of other curlers often pops out of the frame, because it is made of spring metal and where only the end of it was engaged, it was an uncertain engagement with the hair. In my device, the sliding ring not only, as above stated, firmly anchors the hair ends between the jaws, but the said jaws, by reason of their divergence, tend to force the ring toward the engaged hair for positive binding.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation, together with thedevice which I now. consider to be the best embodimentthereof, I desire to have wvithin the frame, and ring carried by the frame and adapted to it understood that thedevice shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made, when desired, as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I locking. device slidably mounted on the frame and adapted to lock the jaws to the side bars at any point along said aws. Y

2. A hair curler comprising, a frame formed of asingle piece of wire bent to provide spaced-apart parallel side bars andend bars, a pair of jaws pivoted to one of the end bars, and a locking device mounted on the sidebar adapted to slide over the jaws for substantially the length thereof, for locking the aws within the frame.

8. A hair curler comprising an open rectangular frame, a pair of integral jaws pivota l mounted thereon for engagement slide ovcrthe frame and over the jaws for substantially the length thereof.

i. A hair curler comprising, a frame formed of a single piece of wire bent to provide spaced parallel side bars and end bars therefor, a pair of divergent fiat spring jaws pivoted to one of the end bars, and a ring slidably carded by the frame adapted to slide over the aws for substantially the I length thereof.

5. A hair curler comprising, a frame formedof a single piece of wire bent to provide spaced parallel side bars and end bars therefor, a pair of jaws pivoted to one of the end bars, a ring slidably carried by the frame adapted to slide over the jaws for substantially the length thereof, and shoulders on the end bars for confining the ring on the frame.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GERTRUDE G. CONDON.

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